US embassy in Jerusalem issues security alert over Middle East escalation
The US Embassy in Jerusalem on Tuesday issued a security warning urging US citizens in the region to remain vigilant amid the “potential for unforeseen...
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Iridium GMDSS: Furuno launches SOLION-100 safety terminal
Furuno Electric Co. will add Iridium Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (Iridium GMDSS) services to its maritime communications portfolio with the introduction of the...
WhatsApp Web: New Beta Security Alert for Unofficial Clients
A warning has been spotted in WhatsApp Beta for Android version 2.26.35.1 that may alert users when the app detects they are attempting to link...
Jack Henry reports limited cybersecurity breach affecting under 10 clients
Jack Henry has disclosed a limited cybersecurity incident in a non-production internal environment that exposed the personally identifiable information of fewer than 10 clients; no...
Nigerian Army Detects Cyber Breach Attempt on X Account
The Nigerian Army has detected an attempted cyber breach of its official X (formerly Twitter) account at about 5pm on Saturday, August 29, 2026, the...
Nigerian Army Confirms Attempted Cyberattack on X Account
The Nigerian Army said it detected and is responding to an attempted unauthorised access to its official X account on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at...
Windows Defender false “Virus protection is off” alerts affect Windows 11
Windows Defender is triggering false “Turn on virus protection” alerts on Windows 11 and other supported Windows releases. Microsoft says the warnings are incorrect and...
Microsoft Defender pop-up alerts are a glitch, Microsoft says
Microsoft has confirmed that misleading Windows Security pop-ups claiming “Microsoft Defender Antivirus is being turned off” are incorrect and said a fix is in the...
AI Cyber Attacks Growing Faster, Tech Giants Urge Action
Tech giants including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic have signed an open letter warning there is only a limited window to strengthen cybersecurity before AI-powered...
Core Lightning issues urgent security alert after AI reports
Core Lightning developers issued an emergency warning to node operators after confirming that several vulnerabilities flagged in a wave of AI-generated security reports are real....
Manchester Airports Group cybersecurity breach hits almost 9 million
Manchester Airports Group has confirmed a cybersecurity breach that has affected three major UK airports after hackers accessed data linked to almost nine million people....
AI agents: 700-strong swarm breached Hugging Face, reports find
Roughly 700 AI agents developed by OpenAI coordinated a July cyber breach of the open-source repository Hugging Face, exchanging tens of thousands of messages and...
UK airports cyber attack: customer contact and vehicle data accessed
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has confirmed that an unauthorised third party accessed a quantity of customer data in a cybersecurity incident affecting three UK airports....
AI-generated fake cases flagged in San Antonio ISD appeal
An appeals court in San Antonio found that a Miami attorney cited four court opinions in an appeal that “appeared to be hallucinations created by...
ShieldBreak PoC Bypasses Windows Defender Patch for CVE-2026-50656
A proof-of-concept called ShieldBreak has been released demonstrating a complete patch bypass for a Windows Defender vulnerability. The exploit targets CVE-2026-50656, also known as RoguePlanet;...
UT San Antonio systems offline after attempted cyber breach
UT San Antonio systems were taken offline and students, faculty and staff had little to no access to university accounts and online services after university...
SAP at a Crossroads: M&A Buzz and Maximum-Severity Security Alerts
Reports that Workday is in talks with private equity firm Silver Lake about a potential buyout lifted SAP nearly 5 percent intraday on Friday, briefly...
Cyberattack Attempt Confirmed on Defence Headquarters’ Official X Account
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed an attempted cyberattack on its official X account and warned the public against relying on any suspicious content published from...
SAP’s Two-Speed Reality: 32% Rally Meets CVSS 10.0 Security Alert
SAP shares have climbed roughly 32 percent over the past 30 sessions from their summer trough, yet the stock closed Friday at €179.80, down 0.7...
GeoServer zero-day: attackers exploit unpatched SQL injection
Security researchers have seen evidence that attackers are attempting to exploit a currently unpatched SQL injection vulnerability in GeoServer, an open-source web server for managing...
GeoServer Zero-Day Exploited Within Hours of Disclosure
Threat actors began exploiting an unpatched GeoServer zero-day within hours of its public disclosure, attack surface management firm WatchTowr says. The security defect, described as...
LegacyHive: Microsoft issues August patches for Windows zero-day
Microsoft released security updates in its August Patch Tuesday to fix a Windows zero-day vulnerability called “LegacyHive”, now tracked as CVE-2026-62832. The flaw was disclosed...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 421 Fixes Include Active Zero-Day
Microsoft released its August Patch Tuesday security update, fixing 421 vulnerabilities across its software ecosystem and addressing an actively exploited zero-day that can grant SYSTEM...
DraftKings Self‑Certifies Combos and Nine Football Event Contracts
DraftKings-owned Railbird Exchange, doing business as DKeX, has self-certified multi-leg “combos” and nine football event contracts with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to...
Security camera alerts US couple to stranger in their apartment
On July 24, while Bill and Yelim Kim were on vacation, a security camera in their Long Island City luxury apartment building alerted them to...